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VOL. 77. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1912 NO. 29 _ ' S ' JOHNSTON LETTER. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Crouch Entertain. Dr. Dorset Will Preach his Farewell Sermon Sunday. Quite a delightful social function was the four-course dinner given by Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Crouch on Thursday evening in 'honor of their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor St. Goodwyn, of Greenwood; Mrs. DeSaussure Hogan,of Columbia,and Mrs. C. E. Earle, of'Florence. This magnificent colonial home has just been completed and was lovely on this evening, being shown by its 'many electric lights. Dainty place [cards bearing tiny ,pink rosebuds and the menu of tho sumptuous re past were souvenirs of the evening. Besides the honorees present were, j Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Turner and Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Black and Miss Angelle Andrews. On Sunday morning. August 25, Dr. \V. 5. Dorset, will preach, his farewell sermon at the Bantist church here, "then take charge of his pastorate at Washington, Ga. Miss I);;i*y Sawyer, of Vidalia, Ga., is visiting here. Miss Susie Bruce and Miss Ruby Bird, of Branchville, are visiting at the home of Rev. Beckham. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Epes and children, are spending awhile at Petersburg, Va., from whvnce they will go to their future home at Ma con, Ga. Mr. aud Mrs. Mike Clark are al home from a visit to their bister Mrs. J. R. Walker, at Norway. Dr. Horace Wright of George town, and Rev. Cal. B> Htt?tn? Lexington, Ky., are CM summer vacation ^^nffin 13, is visiting her father Mr. \V Satcher. [isses Sawyer and Louelle Noi ire spending a few weeks of re ition at Hendersonville. lr. and Mrs. O. D. Black entei ed at .te& on Wednesday even complimentary to Mr. and Mn lor St. Goodwyn, of Greenwooc color scheme of pink and whit effectively u#ed in the table ar itments. Others present wen .DeSaussure Hogan.of Columbi , Charles Early, of Florence and Mrs. H. W. Crouch, M: Mrs. Edwin R. Mobley, Mi Mrs. Claud Wertz, Miss Mau merson, Mr. John M. Atkinsoi blumbia. r. Furman Mobley, of St. Loni is sojourning for a few wee! is old home here, rs. William Swindell, of A' a, lovingly remembered as M ii lie Swearingen, has been tl t of Mrs. Tillman Denny, rs. Amelie Houston is at hon i a visit to Ridge Spring, rs. Nettie Boyd Wills, a fo resident of Johnston; but no ew York, and Mr. and Mi st Morgan and children, < ista, are guests of their rel Mr. Fletcher Boyd, r. and Mrs. Ira Carson, i sburg, have been visiting her r. and Mrs. Wm. Lee Colean tained in their usual delightf 1er at "Rose Home" on Thui ivening complimentary to thc ;r Mrs. Brown, of Savannah, ite a large number of Jo! people took advantage of t sion rates to Northern poin s. Will Mobley and daughtf Carrie of Thompson, Ga., a 3 of Mrs. Annie Lewis. . Charlie Nickerson, of Augv >pped over here a few da lis parents, he being en rot Itknore on a pleasure trip. i. Peroy Norris, of Aiken, lg her sister, Mrs. John S we; Now in New York. Mr. W. H. Turner is now in N ork making large fall purcha r the Corner Store and for >w store at Greenwood. His eased purchasing power, buyi >w for two i-ores, gives him a i ded advantage. Miss Kate Ss >1 is also in New York stu dy i illinery styles and will assist aking purchases of the fall mi 3ry stock for the two stores. 1 inouncement of early fall arriv ?U1 bo made thiough the col un the Advertiser. WEST-SIDE NEWS. Political Meeting Held Satur day Many Good Speeches Re vival Meeting Closed at Baptist Church. Parksville had a strenuaus day on Saturday last, political meeting in the morning, at which all the candidates spoke who cared to speak and the candidates for Con gress, a baseball game in the after noon between Colliers and Parks ville at baseball park, then at night, a good.'sermon at the Baptist chui ch. This was certainly entertainment to meet the tastes of the most fastid ious, the embryonic political expounder the athletic aspirant, and those who feel the needs of the same, the latter we fear being great ly neglected, while the things ma terialistic and fleeting are given the greater emphasis. Early Saturday morning the peo ple began to come in from the north, the south, tho e:ir>t and the west, some in buggies, some in wagons and others in autos and go-carts. Before ten o'clock the town was pretty wjll filled with people, men, women and babies all intent upon hearing something, or seeing some thing that would be plea-ant, that would be of interest to both sight and hearing. And they saw it, and heard it all to their hearts content, some in disgust, and others in hi larity. Certainly we arc a peculiar people, but not desiring to be pes simistic, we look to the future and take coinage. At about eleven o'clock, chair man \V. R; Parks wielded the gav i el, and.introduced Col. P. B. May r so^of. your town, candidate for the : :e.- The Col. always fr; j grsat frankness, not differing ina " Serially from former ' utterances ii the campaign. A man is always tc be admired for standing for some thing, and ?whatever may be ou opinion as to his position, he ii frank. You know always where t< find him. He is not a dodger; he i not a trimmer. He is still for Blea?ie Pay the prioe and take your choice His opponent, Hon. B. E. Nich 31 olson was the next speaker, and, h -1 too is frank, land stated his plal form with great clearness and force He had absolutely no hesitancy an< seemed to feel proud to do so, al though bis candidate had vote against some of his wife's kinsfoll in declaring for Judge Jones. Mr. Wells, we believe came next He gave a good account of hi stewardship. One of his measure had been placed in the nation; Democratic platform. His speec didn't materially differ from his ri ported speeches on former occasion He was absolutely reliant as to h choice for governor, and the reasoi for the "faith that is in him." Capt. Geo. Evans came next, ar made the best good roads speech v have heard in years. In fact, ^ charge him with plagiarism, wil I having stolen our thunder, of 1 years ago when we received tl name (given possibly by Cap Evans) of good roads crank, but he really did oppose us then, 1 shows a change of heart. He favo ed bonds and he is right. In fa this is the only way to get perm nent roads. He showed what i enormous tax we pay indirectly c our buggies, wagons, etc. The li of a buggy or wagon in Edgefie is not much over half of that communities having good roac Hadn't we better pay a small ti for interest on bonds, and for sinking jfund to retire them, th: this enormous tax to the manufa turers of buggies and wagons? Tl is sensible and sane. This is cc structive statesmanship and not t penny wise and pound foolis policy of the "two-by-four stat man" of the day. He is for Joni Honest Jim DeLaughter gave a ringing speech, which for for and sincerity could not be surpa ed. He is "agin" the blind tiger a not afraid to say so. He ?5 for bc esty in government, honestly ? ministered. t He stands for son thing, and is not ashamed to o1 it. He is for Jones because he 1 lieves him the best man in the rai Jerome Courtney came next a gave us an account of himself. 1 has been diligent and honest in 1 endeavor for his people. He is h ter capacitated on account of experience. He pledged his m The Advertiser's ? KNOWING that many o iousto learn the result possible next Tuesday night tiser has arranged to have re precincts in the county rep? telegraph, telephone or by hope to have complete retu: night. The Advertiser office wil from the state ticket. We 1 Columbia State to wire us night, giving the result oft Probably by 12 o'clock Tue received sufficient returns fe who will be their next gove Whether you reside in E ton, on the west-side, or a linos ring up The Advertise and it will be a pleasure for latest election returns, both thc state. hood, his energies, his life to the! ?-crviecof his people if re-elected. I lie is for Jones and gave his reasons I for it, too numerous to mention and ! known of all men. I mean the gov ernor s failures to measure up tc* iiis ideals. "'Widower" Sam Williams carne next, no I mean bachelor. He re sents the "widower" part of thej program. He promised to get mar ried and to marry an Edgetield girl; developing into "a good pl at fon speaker. He has beer, hit by bonds on a ditch designated a railroad and is opposed to hands for good roads, tie is for economy ind an honest administration of tie laws of the state. If elected will consecrate the best that is in him :o the good of his people. If he if for Blease or Jones either, he faied to 6ay so, nor did the say he is for Duncan. He made a good spech. We understand oners spoke. We had to, leave and ould not hear them. Supervisors Yells, Edmunds and Schmidt made ?ood speeches, so we were informe. Congressman Harry Calhoun, Jinnie Byrnes and Giles Mims, we uderstand made interesting addresse Then came the inner given by the ladies of theBaptist church which netted them bout $57. This closed the day. I want to cay, tbt the candidates deported themselvewell, and madt a good impression,hey all develop ing into good speairs, and we con gratulate them ancbid them God speed. Our Baptist chun has just closed a series of meetirs lasting one week, the pastor sing aided by Rev. Maxcy Whitejf Greenwood. Young brother Wh> is a graduate of Furman Univers/, has had one year at the Seminal at Louisville, Ky., and isa goocpreacher. We feel great interest this young man, and predict f?him a bright] future and useful ca?r. Rev. Mr. Freem commei.jes his meeting at PlurSranch to-day doing his own preacng. ?lore Anon. ax "Voter" Writes lon Political a Situativ an Editor The Adveier: So much '9" hat btan written ancid of the sad "8 atate of affairs in hh Carolina, ,n" that it seems unnesary to say be more along this line b" Yet having heard ozen or more es" of Blease supporters^ that Judge QS- Jones resigned a sixiousand dol us lar job to run for aree thousand ce dollar job, I thinjt is a good ss- thing to correct thitror publicly, nd The two offices pay 3ntically the rn- raarae. They are usithis on the id- uninformed to make appear that ie- Judge Jones was ced a large vn sum of money to ret the judge oe- ship and become ajididate for se. governor. nd The truth is, in ring around rle for a candidate the ience of the a?8 very best peo? le w brought to iet- bear upon Judge Jo, to get him his make the race, theyall knowing an- his spotless charactered his un* Election Bulletins ? . f our citizens will be anx of the election as early as , the editor of The Adver t?iio fiom all of the 20 Drted promptly, either by special messengers. We ms by 11 o'clock Tuesday 1-b?^headquarters for news tiavj .- arranged with The freVu.ent reports Tuesday ;h?:lection over the state, s day. night we will have >r oir people to determine rnc. dg< field, Johnston, Tren ton;.' the rural telephone r o free next Tuesday night u?'io give you the very frc? tlie county and over im tachable integrity and honesty'. '.I it were true that he did resign a srthousand dollar job and take hissbances ona three thousand dol lar jne, and in order to get it have to cluer into the race with such a slanderer and blasphemer as one of jpponents is, makes him one of che noblest heroes that South Caro linatiias ever produced and history wiljso record it. Blease fiction have been W; ces and'personal gain, is in gaged in the putrid task of tryins to con vince the people of South karolina that Tom Felder is as big a rascal as Blease. Suppose he does it, will it make Blease any better or help South Carolina any? If a man is guilty of murder and somebody afterwards proves that some witness against him also committed murder does that free him of the ciarge or make his case any better? All sen sible men will look at it in this light and although throwi out to get votes for Blease or h other words to keep the few he las from slipping away from him, ?, invari bly proves a boomerang that return trips the thrower fills his eyes full of Just and when he gets to his feet looking painfully through bis sand laden eyelids he beholds tint it has corraled a host of the-were-going to-support-Blease, but whe seeing the error of their ways hive the courage to take a stand for right, and justice regardless of any blood sweating process. Edgefield, S. C. Voter. New? Items From Cleora. The hot dry spell was relieved Saturday by a nice rain which has refreshed the crops as well as the people. Crops had begun to suffer and I hope we will have another rain in a few days. Mrs. W. H. Dorn and children have been spending several days with Mr. W. P. Brunson. Mr. M. A. Mims spent Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. L. R. Brunson. A series of meeting begun Sun day at Gilgal will last several days with Dr. Dorset assisting the pas tor. Mr. L. R. Brunson, Jr., and Mr. Osman Williams have started their saw-mills. The former is sawing for Jim Talbert near Rehoboth and the latter for Mr. Jack Griliia. Mr. R. W. Christie is finishing his new house and will move into it soon. Mr. C. M. Thomas and. family will move to Edgefield the last of this month. We bad an abundance of fruit this year but of very poor quality. Most of it rotted and fell off the trees before it get ripe. Without a good deal of rain from low on the hay crop with UB will be a failure. Subscriber. Cleora, S. C. Rub-My-Tism will cure you. PLUM BRANCH NEWS. Pleasant Affair in Honor of the \ Misses Dorns Given by Mr. Xand Mrs Bracknell on \ Friday Evening (Writte\f?r last week.) A sociable give* in bonor of tQe Misses Dorn, at S|^ome of Mr and Mrs. J. L. Braekdtf 0Q Sa?uf day evening, was the 3$?8t enj?v" able affair of the seasonT^?1 t|ie Leap Year contest Miss jMicile Starkey was awarded a hands9fn,J box of writing paper for the best p?Q" posai. To wards the close a delightful*, salad course was served. Miss Mattie Dorn has returned to her home in Atlanta, after visiting relatives in town. Miss Inez Deal and uncle, Mr. Samuel Rush, of Greenwood, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Rash. Mi:>s Eva Miner and Miss Rose Dros, of Augusta, arc visiting at the home of W. R. Miner. VV. R. Freeland spunt part of the past week in. Atlanta ou business. A number of the people here are ?expecting lo attend the barbecue at Levert, Ga*s this week. Miss Dorothy Milier has return froro Prosperity where she ??as been visiting one of her school mates, Miss Leona Lowraan. She reports that .Miss Low man will visit her this week, and the younger set are Looking forward co that time. Mr. W. W. Banka and family are visiting in Chester. Sail news reached here of their son, Marion, who had the misfortune of getting his arm broken. Mr. Charlie Starkey of Birmin g ham, Ala., is visiting his grand father, M. B. Starkey. visiting her bro thur, Jack. Mr. John B. Graves has ' two of his brothers visiting here. A riding club has been organized and the charter members took their first ride the other afternoon. They retuned jubilant inspirit but sore in body. The success of the club is assured. Rev. J. EarUFreeman is in Parks ville this week carrying on his pro tracted meeting. The thing of chief interest in town this week is the revival meet ing at the Methodist church. Rev. J. L. Harley, of Spartanbuvg, sec retary of the anti-saloon league is doing the preaching. Attent:on Woman's Mission Societies! Let every lady who expects to at tend the Woman's Missionary Un ion at Edgefield August 39 and 30, send in her name at once that as signments of homes may be made. We hope thnrt every Christian wo man in the association who can pos sibly do so will attend the sessions, and if they can not be present at all, that they will select a conve nient time and attend one or more sessions. Our friends in the oountry are all cordially invited to attend both night sessions, as well as the day meetings. To these all the publio are invited. There will be a full moon for those who cannot remain in town for the night, and those who find it necessary may return to (their homes, although places are being prepared for you all. Names are corning in, but we shall not be satisfied if every socie ty and church is not well and large ly represented. See (program in an other column. One evening the public will be addressed by our Missionary John Lake, and the oth er evening Dr. C. E. Burts will de liver an address, and all the minis ters of the association who are not providentially detained are expect ed to be present. It is also to be desired that the societies as nearly as possible may report their apportionments met or nearly met. Mrs. J. L. Mi ms, Supt. Mrs. W.E. Lott, Chairman Com. on hospitality. "Do you have trouble when you are saying your lessons in school, Tommy?" "Yes, sir." What seems to trouble you most?'' "The teach er!"-Yonkers Statesman. SWEETWATER. All Eyes Turned Toward Asso ciation at Republican-Vis iting the Order of the Day at Sweetwater. The farmers -were glad to see those refreshing showers last week. We were needing rain very much. Our crops are sorry but some of the farmers have some very good corn in this section. Rev. M. W. Ilitt filled his regu lar appointment yesterday at Sweet water. Some of our churches around here have decided not to hold any feries of meetings this summer ara how we do miss them. Wo lrusN?l,r people will try and live ap to ChnSj'8 command and not go backwanlj11 ti:i< grand and nobie work, for ?wrely the field is white unto the h v^'e>' Little Edgl>r Gardner has been indisposed foi-V"'-1-1 days but we arc glad to reno ft him improving. Sweet, and wi?Spme little Grace Lanham is visiting uer friends Christine and Estella Cooper, this week. \ Misses Maggie Roi>er -V1'1 Mal*w Shaw, spent last week verypleasant ly in the hume ut' Mr. and MM- J? A. Sutherland. ^ All hearts and eye- arc nowttjl3" ing towards the association at ?^e" publican, so bc ye up aud doing yuS?s Colliers boys and bc ready with your band to give us some line mu sic. We are pained to report the con tinued illness of .Mrs. Theresa Ad ams. We hope for this noble Chris tian woman a speedy recovery. Mrs. Annie Mae Murray and children, of Ocean City, New.Ter Why We Have So Few Great , Speakers. In the department called "The Interpreter's House," in the Sep tember American Magazine appears the following: "So far as the writer knows there are only two real fine speakers be fore large assemblages in either party. They are W. J. Bryan and Bourke Cochran, although Wood row Wilson, of whose eloquence his friends speak with much enthusiasm, remains to be put to the great test uf addressing huge and sometimes hostile crowds. At times Mr. Little ton of New York has shown signs of possessing the ancient gifts, but his early southen: training is too much for him and he is apparently incapable of resisting for more than (ive minutes, the lure of false meta phor, alliteration and the other vices of trumpery oratory. "The reason for the decline seems plain enough. Always in this coun try the lawyers held almost a mo nopoly of public speaking. Their practice at the bar kept them in constant training for their occasion il appearances on the platform Nowadays the best lawyers go sel iom to court. They stay close in their offices, applying knowledge of the law and ingenuity in reasoning that would be thrown away on the iverage judge, to thc building np md safeguarding of large business undertakings in which they are part ners as well ascouusel. They have ilto~ether neglected the art of ad dressing the crowd and have neither the time nor the inclination for the physical training which all great orators have found essential to the production of their calculated sfforts." Words That Reflect the Speak er. Speaking at Newberry, his home town, yesterday, Governor Blease said: "They say that Judge Jones1 people are gen tl sm en and Christians. They are the dirtiest set of liars that ever disgraced the state. If that kind of campaign comes from Christians, God save the churches." Look at the men around you who ire supporting Judge Jones. Do >TOU believe that they are dirty liars ind a disgrace to the state? If you lo, don's vote with them.-Green ville News. Councilman: "I've eome to soo* ?ir, it you will subscribe anything ?Othotown cemetery." Old resident:. 'Good gracious! I've already sub icribed three wives."-Tit Bits.